Most of my ongoing missions in life involve food. This pleases me. One of them is to find good Dim Sum places in Cape Town. My current winner is U-Seng in Table View (which is another story in itself), but Xiang Yuan provides a good local alternative. The decor inside is that classic “basic but [...]
Latest News
Xiang Yuan
In which we find some Dim Sum at Xiang Yuan in Sea Point and Eat It. Also: duck!
Park’s Menu Korean Restaurant
This month’s Cracker has been rather delayed, owing to both disorganisation and illness on my part; this may or may not have contributed to the fact that I really felt like something relaxed, low-key and “ethnic” for this month. We ended up trying
Park’s Menu
In which we get hot over a pot (and other things). Featuring a special guest appearance by 2D6!
La Mouette
This was not our first time at La Mouette (well, not for all of us), but it was first time with Salty Cracker. We had discovered it last year just after they opened, and have been there before. Basically, extremely highly recommended place: excellent food, excellent value for money. Double excellent in May: they are [...]
Haiku Review
I was, of course, tempted to write this review in Haiku format. But I did not. Be thankful. Haiku was great. I’ve had my Japanese-Cracker hand forced slightly due to lack of availability (if you know a good Japanese restaurant in Cape Town, please drop it in the comments!), so I’ve expanded my general theme [...]
Addis in Cape
We’ve had a fairly high proportion of upmarket choices for Salty Cracker lately – culminating, in fact, in the expensive delights of the Roundhouse, plus a recent Overture visit – and I was very much in the mood for something rather more cosy and informal. We also had a sampling of Addis in Cape’s food [...]
Recent Comments